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jerrycan

jerrycan

See also: jerry can

English

Jerrycan for petrol

Noun

jerrycan ‎(plural jerrycans)

a robust fuel container made from pressed steel

Translations

pressed-steel fuel container

Chinese:
Mandarin: 汽油罐 ‎(qìyóu guàn), 油罐 (zh) ‎(yóuguàn)
Czech: kanystr (cs) m
Finnish: jerrykannu (fi)
French: jerricane (fr) m, jerrican (fr) m, bidon (fr) m
German: Benzinkanister (de) m, Kanister (de) m
Greek: κάνιστρο (el) n ‎(kánistro)
Indonesian: jeriken (id)
Italian: tanica (it) f
Japanese: ジェリカン ‎(jerikan)

Korean: 제리캔 ‎(jerikaen)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: jerrykanne m, f

Nynorsk: jerrykanne f
Polish: kanister (pl) m
Portuguese: bidão m
Russian: кани́стра (ru) f ‎(kanístra)
Spanish: bidón m
Swahili: ndege (sw)

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